Chapter 1

The audience broke into loud applause as Vivian Kane stepped up to the stage, the stones in her silver Grey dress catching the glints of the spotlights. “And she does it… again.” Laurie Ann whispered beneath her breath as her palms stung from clapping so hard. That's my godmother up there alright… “Best actress in a leading role.” the announcer said once more, as if the crowd hadn't been screaming it. Laurie smiled weakly from backstage. She looked absent-mindedly at Ethan. He had eyes only for his phone screen as his fingers moved over it at lightening speed. She nudged him in the ribs. “Ethan… Focus.”He mumbled something at her and moved away, still pressing away at his phone. Laurie-Ann sighed, ignoring the pit in her stomach. She couldn't say she was surprised by Ethan's behavior. He always ignored her. She wondered why she had thought tonight would be any different.Vivian made her way backstage just then, and spotted Laurie. She hugged her. “You made it…” she cried out e

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Chapter 2

The words stung like someone had punched her straight in the gut.Even though she had seen this coming ever since she discovered she was nothing but a substitute wife for her husband’s first love, it still shattered her heart without mercy.She had at least expected a better way for their marriage to end. This was cliché, wicked, disrespectful. and she hated the way her chest twisted in pain, the way he didn’t seem to care that he was hurting her.This explained all the late nights he had been keeping for the last two months.Laurie-Ann glanced at Ethan.“You couldn’t even take her to a hotel room?” she asked, her hands trembling.He had the decency to look remorseful, but it lasted only about five seconds before his face contoured into a snarl.“You weren’t supposed to come home this early.” He said it was the perfect explanation for his infidelity.“I think it's perfect timing, my love.” Jane stepped forward, “You were going to divorce her by the end of the month, weren’t you? This

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Chapter 3

One year, and five months later.Ethan took a sip of his tea, enjoying the jasmine flavor of it as he made his way out of the last set.He had just wrapped up a movie he was shooting ten minutes ago, and was feeling great about it.His phone suddenly chimed. He looked down to find that it was his agent, telling him he just landed the role he had auditioned for months ago. A role every big shot actor was vying for.He grinned. Just what he needed. His career has been stuck for a while after that one scandal between Jane, and him. It just started picking up after his last appearance on a series, and he wanted to keep it that way.“Can you believe it?” Chester, the director of the movie they had just finished shooting, was speaking to one of the writers as Ethan entered.“She’s a rising star. We need her in one of our movies.”“Need who?” Ethan asked as he came to stand beside them.“Laurie-Ann. Look” he pointed up at the TV.Ethan’s stomach tightened when he heard that name. It had been

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Chapter 4

Laurie-Ann tapped her foot against the floorboard as she waited for the director and producer to come in. She had just gotten the role to play the female lead in a big-budget movie, and she was nervous as hell.She was meeting the biggest director in the industry, and she was nervous.“Relax, he is just a person.” My manager said with a big smile.“I know, but he is the biggest director in the industry. I want to make a great impression.”“You have the role already.”“Yeah, yeah. I know,” she wished her Godmother were here with her.“Do we know who the lead role is going to be again?” “Not yet, but we are meeting him today.”Laurie nodded.She was excited as she was, this was her second lead role. The first one had gone so well, and had wasted no time in making her a hot commodity in the industry, but she was still nervous.Her last movie was a mid budget movie, but her acting, and input had shone though, and had made triple the profit.His phone chimed just then. It was Cullen, her

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All Chapters of After I Left, I Became A Top Star : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4